Beer

[saucier01]

Monks run out of the world's best beer Thu Aug 11, 1:44 PM ET

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Monks at a Belgian abbey have been forced to stop selling their famous beer after it was voted the best in the world and was promptly sold out.

 

The abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren in western Belgium is home to some 30 Cistercian and Trappist monks who lead a life of seclusion, prayer, manual labor -- and beer-brewing.

 

A survey of thousands of beer enthusiasts from 65 countries on the RateBeer Web site (www.ratebeer.com) in June rated the Westvleteren 12 beer as the world's best.

 

But the abbey only has a limited brewing capacity, and was not able to cope with the beer's sudden popularity.

 

"Our shop is closed because all our beer has been sold out," said a message on the abbey's answering machine, which it calls the "beer phone."

 

And the abbey has no intention of boosting its capacity to satisfy market demand.

 

"We are not brewers, we are monks. We brew beer to be able to afford being monks," the father abbot said on the abbey's Web site.

 

Monk Mark Bode told De Morgen daily: "Outsiders don't understand why we are not raising production. But for us life in the abbey comes first, not the brewery."

 

Jesus wept m8.

[..]

I like beer. it makes me a jolly good fellow.

I like beer. it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow.

Whiskey?s too rough, champagne costs too much, and vodka puts my mouth in gear.

Aw, this little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I love beer.

 

Today's quiz...who sang that?

 

Cheers,

SD

[Fiery Jack]

suadum said:

I like beer. it makes me a jolly good fellow.

I like beer. it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow.

Whiskey?s too rough, champagne costs too much, and vodka puts my mouth in gear.

Aw, this little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I love beer.

 

Today's quiz...who sang that?

 

Old Hippie?

 

jack

[Torneyboy]

suadum said:

I like beer. it makes me a jolly good fellow.

I like beer. it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow.

Whiskey?s too rough, champagne costs too much, and vodka puts my mouth in gear.

Aw, this little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I love beer.

 

Today's quiz...who sang that?

 

Cheers,

SD

 

[John_Betong]

 

Beer

 

Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel Ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.

-- Babe Ruth

 

 

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. -- Ernest Hemingway

 

 

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

-- Paul Hornung

 

 

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.

-- H.L. Mencken

 

 

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!

-- George Bernard Shaw

 

 

 

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

- Benjamin Franklin

 

 

 

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.

-- Dave Barry

 

 

 

Beer: helping ugly people have sex since 3000 b.c.

-- W.C. Fields

 

 

 

Remember "I" before "E", except in Budweiser.

-- Professor Irwin Corey

 

 

 

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group." Salvation in a can!

-- Leo Durocher

 

 

 

It is because of beer, that I awoke to some of my worst, but in fact, most memorable memories. That god d*mn Vegas.......what was I thinking!

-- Landon Rowe

 

 

 

One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the "Buffalo Theory" to his buddy, Norm. "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kill brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

 

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[Nervous_Dog]

You may feel ashamed, but if monks can do it, that makes me almost a saint with the amount of beer I indulge in!

[BelgianBoy]

Nervous_Dog said:

You may feel ashamed, but if monks can do it, that makes me almost a saint with the amount of beer I indulge in!

 

Read the article again, they brew it, dont drink it !

[Hugh_Hoy]

suadum said:

Today's quiz...who sang that?

 

Cheers,

SD

 

Tom T. Hall?

 

Hugh (mak)

[..]

Very good Hugh. I thought I had stumped the chumps...

 

:bow:

 

Cheers,

SD